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Speaker 1: This is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson

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Speaker 1: on your twenty four to seven home of the Black

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Speaker 1: and Gold NR Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the Drive. I am Dale LOLLI he is

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Speaker 2: he Matt Williamson. And it is a beautiful Monday outside.

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Speaker 3: It really is. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, after a rainy weekend. No tornado action. Was that

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Speaker 2: the first of yearhouse sort of?

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Speaker 3: It was South Park and I'm in Saint Clair's. It

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Speaker 3: was enough. I mean my phone was lighting up with

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Speaker 3: the Yeah, it was pretty close.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I've been in that situation where the tornadoes in

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Speaker 2: the area. It's not directly in your area, but it's close.

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Speaker 3: Enough that touched down to be a concern.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, Like I can remember the big tornadoes

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Speaker 2: of of eighty five. Okay, it was the last day

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Speaker 2: of my junior year in high school. We all went

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Speaker 2: down after the last day school. We went like half

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Speaker 2: a day and then we all went to.

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Speaker 3: Cook's Forestay and had a good.

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Speaker 2: Time rafted and cooked meat and.

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Speaker 3: All that good stuff.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, shrank beer and all that kind of stuff.

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Speaker 1: And that night.

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Speaker 2: Was the night that the tornadoes went through Wheatland and.

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Speaker 3: That whole area.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Okay, of stupping down the mountains through ty Neesta.

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Speaker 2: We had stuff from him blowing up in my yard

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Speaker 2: of my parents' house from Wheatland. And I knew where

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Speaker 2: Wheatland was because I lived in a Sharon area. Okay,

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Speaker 2: that's about seventy miles away. Wow, and this stuff is

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Speaker 2: um like lift the letter blows up.

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Speaker 3: I'm like, that's that's it was flying through the air

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Speaker 3: that that far and that brutal. Yeah, we didn't have

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Speaker 3: any weird stuff at our house. I mean, the weather

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Speaker 3: was weird. I think it hailed for a couple of

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Speaker 3: minutes too, which was strange.

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Speaker 2: That's always a good sign if there's a tornado.

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Speaker 3: Hails ever really good thing, you know. But all in all,

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Speaker 3: we didn't get hit hard. But I don't think anyone

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Speaker 3: got crushed. I mean, like I didn't see any awful damage.

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Speaker 3: But whether out there's great. Now you said, we can

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Speaker 3: hope everyone had a great Mother's Day. By the way, ye, I.

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Speaker 2: Hope that that was the case for everybody. The Steelers

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Speaker 2: wrapping up their rookie UH mini camp over the weekend

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Speaker 2: and UH got to see the the rookies in. They

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Speaker 2: gotten a bunch of them signed as well, that's not

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Speaker 2: the that's not the big deal that it used to be. No, right,

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Speaker 2: you get a little bit of everybody slotted. Yeah, you

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Speaker 2: know that that's going to happen for it, like you

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Speaker 2: would be foolish as a rookie to wait until the end.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I mean it makes no sense at all.

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Speaker 3: I mean I do remember, maybe remember the details of this,

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Speaker 3: but remember when Joey Bosa was a rookie. Yeah, there

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Speaker 3: was some stipulation that the Chargers were the only team

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Speaker 3: that was doing it that way and he wasn't going

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Speaker 3: to sign. It was something about if he got hurt

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Speaker 3: in camp or there was some weird stipulation he actually.

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Speaker 2: Might have been a good a good idea for them

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Speaker 2: because he's gotten hurt a lot.

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Speaker 3: A lot, that's true. But now I remember when it

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Speaker 3: was a big deal, like, oh, you finally draft your

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Speaker 3: like he's still sitting out, he's in miss camp. You know,

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Speaker 3: like there's none of that anymore, that's much Remember many

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Speaker 3: so many times, yeah.

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Speaker 2: Like you and you know, I just had gotten the

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Speaker 2: cell phone when new and him back in those days,

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Speaker 2: you'd call the agent like before practice, after practice, like

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Speaker 2: your training camp. You don't know if the guy's going

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Speaker 2: to show up or not.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean every and not even every day you're

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Speaker 3: checking up. I mean it's like on an hourly basis.

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Speaker 3: At that point.

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Speaker 2: I can remember I talked to Santonio Holmes. I just

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Speaker 2: happened to get him right after he signed, so I

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Speaker 2: like had it first before he procasted.

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Speaker 3: But you just that's what it was.

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Speaker 2: I just happened to call him at the right time.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, if you would have called it a half hour

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Speaker 3: later or earlier, somebody, Yeah, gotcha. Yeah, it was all random.

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Speaker 3: Back then, it was like, oh, you can finally breathe

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Speaker 3: a sigh relief. When the first round pick showed up.

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Speaker 3: It's like, oh man, but no, it's better now.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, much better. You gets those guys into camp. Uh,

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Speaker 2: you know, the rookies don't miss time.

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Speaker 3: And they're not making the we're talking about this.

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Speaker 2: And they're not blowing and your salary camp we.

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Speaker 3: Were talking about like Bradford and JaMarcus Russell and some

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Speaker 3: Come in and all of a suddenly like the highest

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I can remember hearing stories about that with like

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Speaker 2: Joe Amath, Right, Joe Amoth was the first million dollar

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Speaker 2: player I think in you know, a rookie, I say,

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Speaker 2: a million dollar players, Like he signed like a three year,

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Speaker 2: four year, million dollar deal for the whole yeah, not

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Speaker 2: per year, not per year, right, And the veterans he

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Speaker 2: walks into, you know, they resented it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean they were competing with the af L

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Speaker 3: at that point too, so that was good for player stuff,

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Speaker 3: but that was yeah. Yeah, so coming out of college though,

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Speaker 3: he made a ton, you know.

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Speaker 2: And you had the two competing organizations and that's how

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Speaker 2: those salaries started to climb like that. But now it's

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Speaker 2: a much more.

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Speaker 3: That's just slotted. I mean, you know what you're getting, right.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what what what it's going to be.

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Speaker 2: I think it's more fair.

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Speaker 3: I do too. I mean, and even the position doesn't

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Speaker 3: matter at this point. It's not like quarterbacks w hold

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Speaker 2: I mean you could tweak little things on the contract

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Speaker 2: to make it a little bit better, like not that

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Speaker 2: the Steelers made not Harris is rookie deal fully guaranteed?

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Speaker 3: Oh okay, yeah, yeah, I guess there is a little

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Speaker 3: bit of negotiation. It's not just here's the contract, sign it,

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Speaker 3: or yeah you were picked one forty seven, it's gonna

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Speaker 3: and a little more than well for those those ones. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: the first round is a little bit different.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but yeah, I mean so it does work out

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Speaker 2: better for that. And he gets these guys signed it

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Speaker 3: The Steelers picks signed, not all of them, but I.

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Speaker 2: Think four in the books, I think it's four or five,

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Speaker 2: but they all they all came into the rookie mini camp.

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Speaker 2: Let's sign that deal.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I might as well do it in person,

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Speaker 3: and you know, kind of make a big deal. Well

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Speaker 3: you should, it's a huge accomplishment.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, and get that out of the way. Speaking

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Speaker 2: of rookies, mat did you see over the weekend the

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Speaker 2: uh the Bears had their rookie mini camp.

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Speaker 3: I didn't pay much attention to it.

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Speaker 2: And eber Fluis, as their head coach, comes out and says, yeah,

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Speaker 3: Our STARTEROD question like, there's no yeah, yeah, competition.

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Speaker 2: Why do you like, why do you back yourself into

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Speaker 2: a corner like that? At first I heard he knows

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Speaker 2: he's going to be the starter, of course, but you

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Speaker 2: don't have to say it.

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Speaker 3: There's no reason to say it. There's no reason to

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Speaker 3: crown the kid, I guess. But Tyler Badgin's there too,

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Speaker 3: I know, you know. I mean if it's one of

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Speaker 3: my bears or Tyson Tyson tyss well, too bad. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: that's actually one of my bears. Small criticisms of the

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Speaker 3: off season is I would add a better too, you know,

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Speaker 3: or even a McCown flacco, older steak.

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Speaker 2: It's still go get a Tanny Hill or something like that.

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Speaker 3: That's true. True, that's true too. I mean this isn't

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Speaker 3: done yet. I don't know. In that case, I don't

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Speaker 3: really have a problem with these first overall pick there's

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Speaker 3: no rule competition in the room. Everyone knows that.

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Speaker 2: I just think that's a young coach mistake though to

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Speaker 3: I see what you're saying, because it's it doesn't accomplish anything. No,

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Speaker 3: I mean, now you have to live up to it.

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Speaker 3: He could fall in his face.

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Speaker 2: You could do it like Mike Tomlin didn't say, yeah,

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Speaker 2: he's in pole position.

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Speaker 3: Yeah you're saying it, but you're not saying it right, right.

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Speaker 3: I mean, example, like, what if the Browns had said

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Speaker 3: that for Manzell, he shows up, doesn't put the work in, right,

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Speaker 3: you know, I can't get the play calls in, can't

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Speaker 2: Not willing to be drinking every night.

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Speaker 3: And right right, I mean he could be a goof,

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Speaker 3: you know. I mean he put on a good face

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Speaker 3: during the draft process and you bought it, and he

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Speaker 3: gets there and says, I really don't care and then

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Speaker 3: you got to basically destroy your asset and go back

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Speaker 3: on your words. So yeah, I guess there's nothing to accomplish,

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Speaker 3: but there's just.

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Speaker 2: I just when I heard that, I'm like, that's kind

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Speaker 2: of weird that he would do that because it accomplishes nothing.

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Speaker 3: In the off season and everyone will be looking who's

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Speaker 3: taking the first team snaps and you'll see who it is,

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Speaker 3: right right.

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Speaker 2: It's kind of like you know, the Steelers working Troy

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Speaker 2: that's telling you know, you don't have to say a

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Speaker 2: lot about it. It is what it is. Like, I

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Speaker 3: You can figure things out, right?

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Speaker 2: They could they could go next week when they when

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Speaker 2: they stow tas, they could say, you know what, Troy,

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Speaker 2: move over to the left side, Broaderick, You're gonna go

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Speaker 2: to the rights, you know. I just they could be

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Speaker 3: They want to even a better one maybe for the

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Speaker 3: Steelers is when training camp opens, or even the more

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Speaker 3: serious ot as Zach Frasier lighting up with the ones

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Speaker 3: on that one's a little unclear. Certainly in rookie stuff

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Speaker 3: he's going to be the top center, but he very

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Speaker 3: well could be running with the ones from day one.

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Speaker 2: That was the thing with with like pouncy Yeah. I

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Speaker 3: Was pretty obvious, right, Yeah. And they don't always put

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Speaker 3: it on the official depth chart.

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Speaker 2: Well, they even put out it so teams that's the

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Speaker 2: other part of this. Teams don't have to put out

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Speaker 2: a depth chart until it's late three days before their

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Speaker 2: first game preseason. Yeah, their first pre sar that's when

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Speaker 2: you have to come up with a.

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Speaker 3: Depth chart, and no one's even saying it has to

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Speaker 3: be truthful. They sell tomorrow, They sell tomorrow right the time.

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Speaker 2: It's the pr guy putting it together in the which

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Speaker 2: just looks like Yeah, that's good that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, some people put more effort into it than others. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: so even if Fraser comes out as the third team center,

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Speaker 3: but he's taken all the first team reps, right.

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Speaker 2: He can figure it out. What he's listed as means nothing,

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Speaker 2: means nothing. Where he's practicing means everything.

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Speaker 3: And they don't know. As you said, we got weeks

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Speaker 2: Don't it doesn't matter. Nothing matters right now, And.

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Speaker 2: And honestly, you probably want to see her big is

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Speaker 3: I mean, they could realize for Allen either, but you know.

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Speaker 2: They can realistically in the preseason run an entire offensive

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Speaker 2: I think that anytime Wilson is out there, you're going

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Speaker 2: We know who the five R.

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Speaker 3: To me, this sets up as you're gonna have a

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Speaker 3: It's a really situation dynamic with the quarterbacks. Like poor

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Speaker 2: He spent two years doing it with the Bears.

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Speaker 2: Like when these guys take off and run on plays.

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Speaker 2: take Yeah, these guys are weapons. These guys are even

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Speaker 2: Yeah, let's get to a break. He is the Matt Williamson.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back. I am Dale LOLLI he is the Matt

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Speaker 2: Williamson and on Matt the Field. Yates has put together

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Speaker 2: a list here of NFL rookie year impact for non

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Speaker 2: round one draft picks ten offensive, ten defensive. So let's

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Speaker 3: I'll bet you there might be a Steeler or two,

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Speaker 2: So, yeah, offensive players, And it looks like he did

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Speaker 3: Okay, So starting with picked thirty three, yeah.

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Speaker 2: Okay, And well we'll start with pick thirty three. His

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Speaker 2: number one guy is Keon Coleman. Yeah, I mean, big

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Speaker 3: What do you expect out of him this year? I

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Speaker 2: I bet I bet he leads him in touchdown catches.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, but I don't know who will get

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Speaker 2: I mean I think it'll be closer.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think they like Shakiir. He's a different type. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: but he sets up the great situation.

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Speaker 2: Like I would expect Keon Coleman to have at least

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Speaker 3: For like, I don't think eight touchdowns.

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Speaker 2: Crazy, eight hundred and fifty yards and eight touchdowns.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's about right.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, No, I think that's a good one between him

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Speaker 3: But that's that's a great spot for him. We talked

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Speaker 3: I'll think over sixty catches.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, there's nobody. There's nobody in that offense fighting.

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Speaker 3: I mean, he has two great quarterbacks.

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Speaker 2: There is no tight end that's going to steal the

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Speaker 3: Plus his style of play is more of a get

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Speaker 2: You know, I expect I expect Tom catch ninety passes

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Speaker 3: I don't think that's crazy. I don't think that's crazy

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Speaker 2: I mean about what they lot like. No, Keenan Allen right, No,

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Speaker 3: M Keenan Allen roll in itself. Yeah, it's just to

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Speaker 2: And I understand it's a whole new coaching staff there

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Speaker 3: No, doubt and this is something in the fantasy stuff.

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Speaker 3: We're gonna be losing a lot, They're gonna be third

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Speaker 3: with Mahomes and whoever else they're playing. I think Quentin

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00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:38,520
Speaker 3: Johnston looked, see this is funny to me. Like a

439
00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:42,080
Speaker 3: year ago, the Chargers draft Quintin Johnston, who I didn't love,

440
00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,560
Speaker 3: We didn't love, but you know, he was kind of

441
00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,880
Speaker 3: a raw player. Yeah, and then he has a raw

442
00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,680
Speaker 3: rookie year and everyone's like he stinks, Like, well that's you.

443
00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,320
Speaker 3: You knew what you were drafted. He might be terrible,

444
00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:53,320
Speaker 3: but used to be.

445
00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:55,639
Speaker 2: It took wide receivers.

446
00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:57,600
Speaker 3: Three years, the three year breakout, the three year breakout,

447
00:18:57,680 --> 00:18:59,000
Speaker 3: which is ancient.

448
00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:02,240
Speaker 2: History, and now everybody wants immediate right where they stink.

449
00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:04,280
Speaker 3: Right right. He wasn't a very developed out runner. He's

450
00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:07,960
Speaker 3: a big, strong, fast guy. So maybe he's better this year. Yeah,

451
00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:09,280
Speaker 3: you know, I don't think he's gonna be great. I

452
00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:12,200
Speaker 3: mean he's not super encouraged by him. But there's also

453
00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,639
Speaker 3: not a tight end there to do the kincaid stuff either.

454
00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,920
Speaker 3: Dad think McConkie has a real good chance to lead

455
00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:20,800
Speaker 3: all rookies interceptions. I mean I would h Harrison's will

456
00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:21,400
Speaker 3: behind that list.

457
00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:23,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, if I could bet on that, that would be.

458
00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:25,760
Speaker 3: Yeah. If I don't get if we get decent odds

459
00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,159
Speaker 3: on it, I mean I would think him and Harrison

460
00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:28,359
Speaker 3: would be my two top picks.

461
00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,960
Speaker 2: Jackson powers Johnson at forty four to the Raiders.

462
00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,320
Speaker 3: Makes sense, makes sense. I mean he's gonna be a guard.

463
00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:40,159
Speaker 3: They resigned Jamis. I could see him taking over a

464
00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:42,760
Speaker 3: center two years from now or when that contract's up.

465
00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,159
Speaker 3: And this isn't a knock on Fraser, but I did

466
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Speaker 3: a podcast yesterday it's a slight concern and I think

467
00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:54,919
Speaker 3: this hurt Fraser's draft stock. Just a smidge is throwing

468
00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,680
Speaker 3: in a rookie center, and we touched on it. Fortunately,

469
00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:00,440
Speaker 3: he has two very smart and accomplished guards next to him.

470
00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,439
Speaker 3: It's a lot, you know, like a lot of the

471
00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,359
Speaker 3: best centers in history did a year at guard, you know,

472
00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:08,960
Speaker 3: and just didn't have to make the calls. Just things

473
00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:10,879
Speaker 3: happen faster when you're that close to the ball, and

474
00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:12,879
Speaker 3: if you have to make all the calls. So for

475
00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,040
Speaker 3: Powers Johnson, I think that's a perfect situation.

476
00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,280
Speaker 2: So Frasier didn't make the list.

477
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Speaker 3: Here.

478
00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:23,920
Speaker 2: The next guy up is Roger Rosengarten at sixty two,

479
00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:25,000
Speaker 2: and I hate to.

480
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Speaker 3: Pick I know too, I too. I think he's Roger.

481
00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:30,280
Speaker 2: Rosing Garden is starting for the Ravens.

482
00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:32,520
Speaker 3: I know they got some issues, they got some issues,

483
00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:34,800
Speaker 3: and I think my bet is he will I mean,

484
00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:38,680
Speaker 3: I think he beats out of Tanu. I think McCary

485
00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:41,840
Speaker 3: isn't ideal with tackle, but he can do it and

486
00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:43,919
Speaker 3: might have to fill in at guard. You know. So

487
00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:46,480
Speaker 3: I think rosing Garden could use a year in the

488
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Speaker 3: weight room, and I think Scuter fans should sort of

489
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Speaker 3: hope he's Yeah.

490
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Speaker 2: If you're gonna tell me Roger Rosengarten is going to

491
00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:56,959
Speaker 2: line up at right tackle. Yeah, for the Ravens seventeen games,

492
00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:59,119
Speaker 2: I'm going to tell you the TJ. Watt's going to

493
00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:00,879
Speaker 2: have five sacks again Ravens issue.

494
00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:02,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, and he might end up being a good player

495
00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:03,240
Speaker 3: down the road.

496
00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,800
Speaker 2: I just think he's athletic, but he's very strong.

497
00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:09,679
Speaker 3: He's not very strong, he's not very powerful, and I

498
00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:10,879
Speaker 3: think he will be the right to hack.

499
00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,560
Speaker 2: And teams are gonna run stunts and stuff out of

500
00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:14,400
Speaker 2: him to fuse him.

501
00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,359
Speaker 3: And I mean Miles Garrett's gonna line up on that side.

502
00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:17,399
Speaker 3: And you know, there's no question.

503
00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:22,760
Speaker 2: Christian Haynes at five for eighty eighty one for the Seahawks.

504
00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:23,320
Speaker 3: Good one. I was shocked.

505
00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:24,600
Speaker 2: He felt steel.

506
00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, getting him that late pure I think they there's

507
00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,400
Speaker 3: no such thing as a plug and play player. Yeah,

508
00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:32,080
Speaker 3: but he's pretty close, really smart, a lot of snaps

509
00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:36,680
Speaker 3: of care. Yeah, fits the system. I mean, it's another

510
00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,280
Speaker 3: phrase I hate. He'll be a ten year starter. I'm

511
00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:41,520
Speaker 3: like he might blow out at the I mean, like,

512
00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:42,800
Speaker 3: you know, it's hard to.

513
00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:46,200
Speaker 2: Stay five years at it start like he did well.

514
00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:49,280
Speaker 3: But he has that profile like she should be good.

515
00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,720
Speaker 2: Next up Roman Wilson with the Steelers at eighty four.

516
00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,800
Speaker 3: I mean more and more. It's sure looking like opportunity

517
00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:02,159
Speaker 3: is not to the Maconkie Coleman level. Right, But the

518
00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,320
Speaker 3: guys he has to beat out that aren't named George

519
00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,920
Speaker 3: Pickens aren't that crazy? Right? The second I mean, could

520
00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,960
Speaker 3: he be could he be the guy out there in

521
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,080
Speaker 3: two receiver sets? I think that's becoming more and more possible.

522
00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:15,240
Speaker 2: I think it certainly could happen.

523
00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:17,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean other things could happen between now and then.

524
00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:19,440
Speaker 3: But as it stands, do you expect more?

525
00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:21,800
Speaker 2: You know, if you're going to do that and you're

526
00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,720
Speaker 2: going to play more twelve personnel, does that help Roman

527
00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:27,960
Speaker 2: Wilson free him up a little bit? Because are team's

528
00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:28,720
Speaker 2: going to play as much?

529
00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:29,080
Speaker 3: Man?

530
00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,440
Speaker 2: I don't know if you see question twelve personnel.

531
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Speaker 3: I mean, I do think you have a lot of

532
00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:36,760
Speaker 3: people in the box which should allow him to work

533
00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,560
Speaker 3: against single high and things like that more often. You know,

534
00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,360
Speaker 3: coverages are going to roll the pickens no matter what.

535
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Speaker 3: I mean, unless they trade for Auk or Metcalf or

536
00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,080
Speaker 3: something crazy, you know, which I don't think so see happening.

537
00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:50,919
Speaker 2: Typically if coverage rolls to the opposite side of the

538
00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:55,280
Speaker 2: field of I would assume it's more zone on your

539
00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:56,920
Speaker 2: side on the on the other side.

540
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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think the Steelers will see plenty of

541
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Speaker 3: zone in general. I mean, it's asking a lot for

542
00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:03,240
Speaker 3: him to be out there close to every.

543
00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,520
Speaker 2: He's also got a couple of quarterbacks who, while Wilson

544
00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,600
Speaker 2: isn't a great runner anymore, he can still hurt you

545
00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:08,600
Speaker 2: running with the ball.

546
00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,040
Speaker 3: And teams are going to play the run first. As

547
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,760
Speaker 3: the Steelers are currently constructed, I think the Steelers a

548
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,200
Speaker 3: going to play you know, teams are going to play

549
00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:18,800
Speaker 3: the run heavy. Friar moose to the one I think could

550
00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:22,080
Speaker 3: have is set to have a career year.

551
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Speaker 2: I think so too. Yeah, but yeah, I mean you're

552
00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:29,160
Speaker 2: looking at Roman wilson twelve touchdown catches last season. Over

553
00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,159
Speaker 2: the course of his four seasons at Michigan, he have

554
00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:32,359
Speaker 2: sixteen yards of catch.

555
00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean some of his metrics like that are phenomenal.

556
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Speaker 3: The other one is very very high percentage of his

557
00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,520
Speaker 3: receptions went for first downs or touchdowns.

558
00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:43,080
Speaker 2: Well, when you ever sixteen yards of catch?

559
00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:46,840
Speaker 3: Yes, right, right? And contrary to popular belief, I mean yes,

560
00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:48,400
Speaker 3: they ran the ball like crazy. And we just talked

561
00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:51,280
Speaker 3: about Herbert and Harbaugh. They were third and long a

562
00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:55,080
Speaker 3: lot like that. Was one of the McCarthy attributes, was boy,

563
00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,639
Speaker 3: they the first two runs didn't really work. I'm in

564
00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:59,200
Speaker 3: third and eight and I get the change.

565
00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:03,119
Speaker 2: He throws the ball room will soppen to him, right right? Uh.

566
00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,160
Speaker 2: The seventh guy on here Jalen Polk, number thirty seven,

567
00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,080
Speaker 2: So he didn't go in order here, I guess. I

568
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,240
Speaker 2: guess he went in order of how he felt they would.

569
00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,040
Speaker 3: It wouldn't blow me away. I'm not like predicting it.

570
00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,760
Speaker 3: I think Polk's the better player, but Baker and Polk

571
00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:19,760
Speaker 3: could both. I don't cancel each other out, but fight

572
00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:23,280
Speaker 3: for playing time. I don't think that offense is going

573
00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,200
Speaker 3: to put up numbers, but I think Polk's pretty darn

574
00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:31,360
Speaker 3: NFL ready. And you think he leads the Patriots and catches,

575
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:35,120
Speaker 3: I mean, I don't think it's the Maconkie Coleman conversation,

576
00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:36,560
Speaker 3: and the pie's.

577
00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,240
Speaker 2: Way smaller might be Henry.

578
00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,080
Speaker 3: I'd say, is it Henry? Is it the rookie from

579
00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:41,680
Speaker 3: last year?

580
00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:42,600
Speaker 2: Kendrick Bourne?

581
00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:47,920
Speaker 3: No got hurt late you're talking? Yeah, I always forget

582
00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:51,359
Speaker 3: his name, but he's showed some things. Could it be

583
00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,200
Speaker 3: one of the rookies. I kind of think it's Hunter Henry.

584
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:55,480
Speaker 2: I think so too.

585
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's not great.

586
00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,719
Speaker 2: Young quarterback's best friend is often the tight end.

587
00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:00,959
Speaker 3: Yeah, middlefield stuff.

588
00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,800
Speaker 2: Number eight on here, Trey Benson with the Cardinals at

589
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:06,720
Speaker 2: sixty six, I'm.

590
00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,720
Speaker 3: Sure he'll be the two from day one, probably ends

591
00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:13,200
Speaker 3: the season as the one possible Connor's really helped.

592
00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:14,879
Speaker 2: Connor's never played a full season.

593
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,680
Speaker 3: He never does right. Yeah, And frankly, it could be

594
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:19,520
Speaker 3: almost any back in front of him. I'm not pick

595
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,639
Speaker 3: it on Connor. I mean, chances are he's going to

596
00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 3: see the field at some point. It's gonna be a

597
00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,280
Speaker 3: game or two he misses. Let alone Connor's injury history,

598
00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,800
Speaker 3: and at the end when you're I don't know, four

599
00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:33,879
Speaker 3: and ten, do I need to see much more of Connor?

600
00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:35,160
Speaker 3: If I'm the Cardinals, you know what I mean?

601
00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:38,760
Speaker 2: Not really Number nine on here is Bucky Irving with

602
00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:42,840
Speaker 2: the Buccaneers. Got Rasha White ahead of them.

603
00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:43,320
Speaker 3: Yeah.

604
00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:44,000
Speaker 2: Really, that's it.

605
00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:47,920
Speaker 3: That's about it. I mean, some of these running back

606
00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,840
Speaker 3: good landing spots didn't get hit, you know, the Browns

607
00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,480
Speaker 3: and Cowboys. But some of these ones as backups aren't

608
00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,720
Speaker 3: bad at all. The rams the box, you know, like,

609
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,400
Speaker 3: those are good players in front of you, but they're

610
00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:59,600
Speaker 3: not crazy good, you know, you know, I know the

611
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:00,800
Speaker 3: buckier is that great though.

612
00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:02,680
Speaker 2: The thing that he does though is catch the football.

613
00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:04,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, so it does white, so it is white.

614
00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,359
Speaker 2: I'm just wondering if that cuts into whites.

615
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,160
Speaker 3: I kind of think so. I don't think he would

616
00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,280
Speaker 3: have made my list if I made this list. I mean,

617
00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,200
Speaker 3: I guess being the number two without a superstar in

618
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,760
Speaker 3: front of you lends itself to getting on the field.

619
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:17,600
Speaker 3: But I don't know that he's the third down back.

620
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know that. He is. Uh. Number ten

621
00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:24,000
Speaker 2: on here Tyrone Tracy Junior running back with the Giants,

622
00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,920
Speaker 2: number one sixty six. Overall, you and I both really

623
00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:28,480
Speaker 2: liked the player.

624
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:31,560
Speaker 3: There's really very little and he.

625
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,520
Speaker 2: Catches the ball. Really. He's a former wide receiver.

626
00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, field does a ton of fantasy stuff. This

627
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:38,639
Speaker 3: must be somewhat fantasy orient. I don't see a lot

628
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,280
Speaker 3: of centers and guard that must rose guard was on there. Yeah,

629
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:42,560
Speaker 3: his bonus.

630
00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,320
Speaker 2: His bonus guy's Nathan Thomas with the Cowboys, who was

631
00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:46,600
Speaker 2: the two hundred and thirty third pick.

632
00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:50,040
Speaker 3: He must be a running back tackle guard. Okay out

633
00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,239
Speaker 3: of uh we didn't say where, but real quick out

634
00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:57,000
Speaker 3: on Tracy he is very unproven in protection. Yeah, I mean,

635
00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,360
Speaker 3: if I'm him, I am working on protection like crazy now.

636
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:02,040
Speaker 3: Im proving that I can do those things.

637
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,240
Speaker 2: But Alway's got to get past. Is Devin Singleton.

638
00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,200
Speaker 3: Singletary or at least be the singletary? Is not even

639
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:07,879
Speaker 3: that great receiver, right, I mean you could be the

640
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:09,720
Speaker 3: third down guy maybe right off the bat.

641
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:13,600
Speaker 2: On the defensive side of things. Braden Fisk at thirty

642
00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:14,800
Speaker 2: nine to the Rams.

643
00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:17,160
Speaker 3: Great opportunity. Yeah, yeah, I mean there's no doubt.

644
00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,000
Speaker 2: And I mean the motor runs no.

645
00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:21,960
Speaker 3: Matter of what level he's gonna play though, He's gonna

646
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:22,840
Speaker 3: spark the team.

647
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,359
Speaker 2: And yeah, I kind of look at him the same

648
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,640
Speaker 2: way that I looked at Nick Herbig last year.

649
00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:29,200
Speaker 3: That's what you're saying.

650
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:31,480
Speaker 2: You know, everybody was his arms are too short.

651
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:31,800
Speaker 3: He can't.

652
00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,520
Speaker 2: But if you give me a guy whose motor runs constantly, yeah,

653
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:36,879
Speaker 2: he's gonna make plays.

654
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,719
Speaker 3: He's gonna make plays. Both those guys you knew when

655
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:41,240
Speaker 3: they were on the field. Yeah, I mean, I bet

656
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,520
Speaker 3: he will be the same way. But worries me more

657
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:47,440
Speaker 3: about him. Is well Snap sixty at the NFL level

658
00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,840
Speaker 3: still look like snap number three? Yeah, you know, especially

659
00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,080
Speaker 3: week ten. I mean he's gonna take. It's gonna be

660
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:53,400
Speaker 3: a lot more physically demanding.

661
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,560
Speaker 2: Number two one here is Tyler Nuban at forty seven

662
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:57,320
Speaker 2: to the Giants.

663
00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:00,560
Speaker 3: Good opportunity, Yeah, yeah, I mean he's pretty much a

664
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,440
Speaker 3: plug and play dude. You know, he's well rounded, play

665
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:04,680
Speaker 3: a lot of deep middle. Probably.

666
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,760
Speaker 2: Three is Cole Bishop with the Bills at number sixty.

667
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:10,760
Speaker 3: Both their safeties are gone.

668
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:12,040
Speaker 2: A lot of opportunity there.

669
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:14,000
Speaker 3: But he's a little raw too though. Yeah you know,

670
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:15,639
Speaker 3: I mean I don't know that. He's just him and

671
00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:17,919
Speaker 3: Nubern of the opposite. One's the athlete and one's the

672
00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:19,880
Speaker 3: you know, good from the neck up guy.

673
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:24,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, Junior Colson is worth at numberixty nine to the Chargers.

674
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:24,880
Speaker 3: That's an easy one.

675
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 2: I mean, he's right he'll be plug and play just

676
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,600
Speaker 2: because he knows the defense, like yep, there's nothing and.

677
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,720
Speaker 3: He's supposedly really good with all the alignment stuff, green

678
00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:36,600
Speaker 3: dot stuff smart and of course Hard was gonna trust

679
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:38,440
Speaker 3: him off the bat. That's an easy one.

680
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,120
Speaker 2: Number five is one of the steals of the draft.

681
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:44,000
Speaker 2: That's Cooper Degene at number forty to the Eagles.

682
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,240
Speaker 3: Even if it's at safety or whatever.

683
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:47,960
Speaker 2: He's gonna plays.

684
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 3: I don't know who their nickel is off top of

685
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:51,240
Speaker 3: my head, but I don't think they have a great one.

686
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:54,720
Speaker 3: He's gonna be on the field lot. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

687
00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:58,200
Speaker 2: Number six Cameron Kinchin's safety with the Rams at number

688
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,280
Speaker 2: ninety nine. I love the player.

689
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:04,440
Speaker 3: Rams defense is begging for opportunities, though, I mean, I

690
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,680
Speaker 3: can't stress enough this time last year the fun I

691
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:11,040
Speaker 3: made of the guy's not named Aaron Donald on that defense,

692
00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:13,120
Speaker 3: and some of them turned into players, but there's still

693
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,400
Speaker 3: a lot of unknowns on that team.

694
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:19,040
Speaker 2: Number seven is Max Melton, cornerback and the Cardinals at

695
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 2: forty three.

696
00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,120
Speaker 3: Good one. I bet he's Day one starter, should be

697
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,959
Speaker 3: yeah right, I love the player.

698
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,920
Speaker 2: Number eight is Peyton Wilson with the Steelers at ninety eight.

699
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,000
Speaker 3: I know this sounds unpopular, but I don't think it's

700
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,120
Speaker 3: crazy to think that he becomes their number two linebacker,

701
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:41,080
Speaker 3: even if Hulcombe is healthy. Yeah, I mean he's you

702
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,680
Speaker 3: don't draft him for six years from now. I mean,

703
00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,760
Speaker 3: he's not a project by any stretch. His tape's as

704
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,640
Speaker 3: good as any linebacker coming out this year. That's not

705
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,840
Speaker 3: a knock on Hulcombe or Roberts at all. I just

706
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,720
Speaker 3: think there's a real good chance by week two of

707
00:29:55,720 --> 00:30:01,480
Speaker 3: the preseason, well we're in nickel with right, he's gonna

708
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,440
Speaker 3: be out there, especially if Houlcome's coming a long time.

709
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:08,240
Speaker 2: Very much like when we talked about Fisk. Yeah, this

710
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,400
Speaker 2: is a guy who is all over the football field.

711
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,200
Speaker 3: You're gonna show up time and time again. I mean

712
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:15,640
Speaker 3: I was gonna say he's gonna blow the doors off

713
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,760
Speaker 3: everybody for a preseason tackle list. But he may not,

714
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:21,719
Speaker 3: And by week three they might be like, yeah, well

715
00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:23,880
Speaker 3: you play one rep with team and then sit down.

716
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,360
Speaker 3: You know, like that's a possibility, is all I'm saying.

717
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:33,120
Speaker 3: I'm not predicting it, but I think he's drafted to play. Yeah.

718
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,200
Speaker 2: Uh. In fact, I talked to his coach the other day.

719
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:39,080
Speaker 2: His high school coach, and we were talking about it

720
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,360
Speaker 2: and like, I couldn't believe you less than one. Neither

721
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,600
Speaker 2: could I when some of the other linebackers going off

722
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:45,560
Speaker 2: the bar said, I mean it has to be because

723
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,840
Speaker 2: of the injury stuff. He goes, yeah, but you know,

724
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:50,960
Speaker 2: when he's on the field, he just.

725
00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:52,440
Speaker 3: Makes play, like even all the time.

726
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:56,040
Speaker 2: His senior year in high school, he missed the last

727
00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 2: three games of the season.

728
00:30:57,680 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 3: Was that one of the needs.

729
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,719
Speaker 2: So he played. He played in eight games, okay, had

730
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 2: over one hundred and twenty tackles. Wow games, I think

731
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,720
Speaker 2: you if not twenty six for a loss and interception

732
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,000
Speaker 2: sex right. I think he played running back, he played,

733
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:12,440
Speaker 2: he played quarterback.

734
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:13,920
Speaker 3: Okay, he played wide receiver.

735
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,280
Speaker 2: Never like he was the best wide receiver on the team.

736
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:18,760
Speaker 3: I bet he's one of the fastest guys. One in

737
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,040
Speaker 3: the whole whippy over you know, whoever, whatever.

738
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,000
Speaker 2: It didn't matter where they played him, because he like

739
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:24,040
Speaker 2: he just he could do.

740
00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:26,240
Speaker 3: Anything, do anything. I think he's gonna I think you

741
00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 3: draft him to play him. Yeah, he's not a project.

742
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,200
Speaker 2: Number nine is Braylan Trice, the edge rusher with the

743
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 2: Falcons at seventy four.

744
00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 3: I agree, I mean I think that's kind.

745
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,600
Speaker 2: Of play an opportunity there, right, yeah, right, And.

746
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,400
Speaker 3: If you're going to go quarterback in the first round

747
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:42,040
Speaker 3: and then you have three defensive linemen there, do you

748
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,800
Speaker 3: you look at their d lines, Grady, Jared, who's up

749
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 3: in age, and a bunch of dudes that are maybies,

750
00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:48,680
Speaker 3: you know, and Jared's coming off in the h I

751
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 3: think he's got something right and he's all young.

752
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 2: Ten is Chris Abram's dream cornerback with the Broncos at

753
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:58,520
Speaker 2: one forty five. We were banging the drum consistently for

754
00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:00,160
Speaker 2: the Steelers to draft that guy.

755
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,600
Speaker 3: Right, and didn't really have the opportunity. I mean he

756
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:05,240
Speaker 3: went a couple of picks before McCormick.

757
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:06,080
Speaker 2: Right, Well they yeah, they could have taken it. He

758
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 2: went after McCormick, after.

759
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 3: Mcormick, Okay, so that okay, Yeah, it's certain and a

760
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 3: bunch of nobody's there too. Yeah, and in the minimum

761
00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:16,240
Speaker 3: he'll be the nickel. That was a good pick for them.

762
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,680
Speaker 3: I like the I like the middle of the Broncos draft.

763
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:23,320
Speaker 2: And the bonus seventh rounder is MJ. Devonshire with the Raiders,

764
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:25,480
Speaker 2: who was the twenty ninth pick.

765
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:29,000
Speaker 3: Good one and Pitt produces defensive backs. Yeah, because they

766
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,440
Speaker 3: play man and they're well coached. I mean, they're not

767
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:33,560
Speaker 3: the best program in the nation or anything like that.

768
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:34,840
Speaker 3: And hey, I used to work there and.

769
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,320
Speaker 2: They on that plan five or six years they all last.

770
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:39,560
Speaker 3: I mean, they play a lot of man and they're tough,

771
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:41,880
Speaker 3: and I would always bet on a pit corner.

772
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,720
Speaker 2: Yeah. So that's the list there from field Yates of

773
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:49,240
Speaker 2: the the top impact rookies for non first round picks,

774
00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:51,600
Speaker 2: and a couple of Steelers on there. Zach Frazer didn't

775
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:55,840
Speaker 2: make the list easily, could have easily could have, Yeah,

776
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,640
Speaker 2: but non first round guy.

777
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:01,440
Speaker 3: I would think Steers had two right. Of those three centers,

778
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,720
Speaker 3: I think him all three will start. Yeah, powers Johnson

779
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:06,800
Speaker 3: to be a guard. I'm not sure if they I

780
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,680
Speaker 3: think Barton's projected at center, but they have guards that

781
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:11,440
Speaker 3: could go to center. Yeah, and I think for Aser

782
00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:13,000
Speaker 3: will be the starting center here. Yeah.

783
00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:16,240
Speaker 2: So cool, good, good stuff, And listen to another break.

784
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799
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Speaker 2: Let everybody know. This is the place to be for

800
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Speaker 2: all things Stealers. And we don't just talk Steelers, we

801
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:22,440
Speaker 2: talk no no league over overhaul because this is it

802
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,080
Speaker 2: all affects the Steelers one way or the other.

803
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:25,759
Speaker 3: I think that's one of the things we're best at

804
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:27,800
Speaker 3: around these neck of the Woods is comparing them to

805
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,360
Speaker 3: the other thirty one teams and the league trends and

806
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:31,520
Speaker 3: all that good stuff as well.

807
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:35,360
Speaker 2: Uh So, Matt over the weekend, Bud Dupree signs a

808
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:40,680
Speaker 2: deal two years, ten million dollars with the Chargers. According

809
00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 2: to Jeremy Fowler, friend of the show, the Steelers were

810
00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 2: in on Dupree. I can't imagine they got anywhere close

811
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:49,680
Speaker 2: to ten million dollars year.

812
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:51,720
Speaker 3: That's the first I heard the money. That's a lot.

813
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:55,200
Speaker 2: Now we say two years ten million dollars, that could

814
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,520
Speaker 2: I haven't seen the basically basically a one year like

815
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:01,760
Speaker 2: the first one year, three million dollar deal with seven

816
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:03,680
Speaker 2: million next year that you're never going to see.

817
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:05,840
Speaker 3: And how much is a bonus and all this stuff too. Yeah,

818
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:07,959
Speaker 3: So that's a pretty rich neighborhood for what he brings.

819
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:10,759
Speaker 3: It is, and they're not looking at a starter either.

820
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 2: They're not, but they're talking about using him in some

821
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,440
Speaker 2: three linebacker packages for them. It makes sense because a

822
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 2: both of their starters are up in.

823
00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:20,680
Speaker 3: Age, yeah, and injuries.

824
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,680
Speaker 2: And Bosa can't stay healthy to save his life.

825
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:25,920
Speaker 3: Du Pre's thirty two, now, say I believe One thing

826
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 3: I'll say is, folks, Bud might be older than you

827
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 3: think too.

828
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:31,360
Speaker 2: But he also had kind of a bit of a

829
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:34,399
Speaker 2: resurgence last year. It's six and a half sacks last year, so.

830
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,280
Speaker 3: Really since his last year here, he's been a pretty

831
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:39,879
Speaker 3: high quality player. Yeah, I mean, I think there's value there.

832
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:41,879
Speaker 2: He's just been injured a little bit, but he's still

833
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,400
Speaker 2: you know, he's a better football player now than when

834
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,160
Speaker 2: he was when he came into the league, for sure.

835
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:48,600
Speaker 3: For sure, I think he's started to understand his strengths

836
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:51,000
Speaker 3: and weaknesses. And I could see why the Steers would

837
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 3: have interest. I'm not sure it even be the three.

838
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:57,480
Speaker 2: Right, that's the thing, and it's a little stickier. Yeah,

839
00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,960
Speaker 2: so you know, when you start looking at I would

840
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:04,000
Speaker 2: assume they're going to bring in another outside line so

841
00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:07,239
Speaker 2: I think so, yeah, edge rusher, and to me, you know,

842
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:08,200
Speaker 2: I would think.

843
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,360
Speaker 3: That I would hope Golden still at the top of

844
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:10,800
Speaker 3: the list.

845
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:13,560
Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, Marcus Golden had a good year last year.

846
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:15,399
Speaker 3: But he was a high quality signing for them last year.

847
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:19,800
Speaker 2: He doesn't need to play a ton to be effective.

848
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:20,160
Speaker 3: Yeah.

849
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:22,480
Speaker 2: The only thing about him is that he's not going

850
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 2: to play special teams for you.

851
00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:27,480
Speaker 3: I know, that definitely hurts that position because and it's

852
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,799
Speaker 3: not like a quarterback or some other positions where hey,

853
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,279
Speaker 3: you're competing to be the three, Like, hey, I don't

854
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 3: want to be the four, because you're gonna get out

855
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:37,200
Speaker 3: there either way. I mean, you're gonna be active on

856
00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:40,879
Speaker 3: game day. You're going to you know, you're gonna see

857
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:44,560
Speaker 3: some time different than her Big. But Herbie's an emerging player. Yeah,

858
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:46,799
Speaker 3: And I could see it not being super alluring for

859
00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:48,960
Speaker 3: someone to the veteran to say, maybe I'm only the

860
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,359
Speaker 3: four on that team, or it might not be super

861
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:55,080
Speaker 3: alluring for the Steelers to be like, yeah, if he's active, though,

862
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 3: he doesn't help me on special teams.

863
00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,279
Speaker 2: But I like, I wonder if that changes it all though,

864
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:01,879
Speaker 2: because of the way the kickoff is has been.

865
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:03,800
Speaker 3: Adjusted, do you think maybe he would now.

866
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,480
Speaker 2: Because you're not asking the player to run sixty yards

867
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:10,160
Speaker 2: down to make a tackle. Yeah, yeah, now you're telling, hey,

868
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,000
Speaker 2: we need you to go ten yards and make a tackle.

869
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 3: I mean, if I'm him, I would be like I

870
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 3: would be telling teams, especially now that I'm unemployed. I

871
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:20,040
Speaker 3: want to be a part of the new can do that?

872
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:20,400
Speaker 2: Yea right?

873
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:22,759
Speaker 3: Right? Or even I'm in the front lines and I'll

874
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,319
Speaker 3: try to block people. But how old is he thirty one?

875
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,920
Speaker 3: I think he's thirty two, Okay, I mean it is

876
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,560
Speaker 3: an old dog new trick thing. I don't remember even

877
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 3: the beginning of his career if he did much special teams. Yeah,

878
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:34,479
Speaker 3: so I like to have them back.

879
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,200
Speaker 2: Just looking here at some of the other players available,

880
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:40,040
Speaker 2: you know, but real.

881
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 3: Quick, we've talked a ton about Hey, if they can

882
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,800
Speaker 3: find another starting receiver, they can find his lot corner.

883
00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 3: But there is a roster spot available for an edge guy, right, Yeah.

884
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:49,600
Speaker 3: I mean there's three that are making the team. They

885
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:51,320
Speaker 3: always keep four and sometimes five.

886
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:55,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, so you're looking at Emmanuel Ogba, Yanick and Gockway.

887
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:57,560
Speaker 3: I don't know either one of those can drop. No,

888
00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:59,200
Speaker 3: I don't, and they don't do a ton of that now,

889
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:01,480
Speaker 3: but they're more designated pass rush types.

890
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 2: Carl Lawson would it would be interesting?

891
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:05,080
Speaker 1: Yeah.

892
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,520
Speaker 3: Yeah. It was two years ago. He had a bad injury,

893
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 3: but he was signed big money with the Jets. Oh yeah,

894
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,960
Speaker 3: I mean there was a point where he was you know,

895
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,919
Speaker 3: even when he came out that was the TJ year.

896
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:18,600
Speaker 3: I thought, you know, like when we did pre draft stuff,

897
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:21,160
Speaker 3: I thought he might be the Steelers first round pick. Yeah.

898
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:22,000
Speaker 3: I liked him.

899
00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 2: He's a good player. Yeah, Jerry Hughes, he's pretty old.

900
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's not gonna play any teams. Yeah, I'm not

901
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 3: sure any of those.

902
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:32,800
Speaker 2: Dudes will play Charles Harris, Tyas Bowser.

903
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:35,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, when these guys would all be serviceable.

904
00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, those ones, Marquise Haynes, Rashie Green, Colson or Golden,

905
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:44,080
Speaker 2: I should say in shack Lawson, I mean to me, Golden's.

906
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:46,360
Speaker 3: The pretty I mean, if you think about.

907
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 2: It's either Goldson or Lawson, Golden or Loston, I should

908
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:51,319
Speaker 2: say that the only two that really interests me.

909
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:53,439
Speaker 3: And if I'm Golden, I'm looking at that list, going,

910
00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:55,960
Speaker 3: there's five guys in there that going to make more

911
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,840
Speaker 3: than me. Yeah. If I wait a whole lot longer,

912
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:02,800
Speaker 3: I'm not sure that call gonna come right, that's not ideal.

913
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 2: Uh, looking at that that watch receiver market that people

914
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,080
Speaker 2: keep out to keep getting asked a boy like you

915
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:12,400
Speaker 2: had to sign a wide receiver, Michael Thomas. He brings

916
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,360
Speaker 2: a lot of baggage to Hunter Renfro.

917
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:19,279
Speaker 3: He hasn't been catching passes for like three years now.

918
00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 2: Yeah. Zay Jones signed, right, yeah, Dallas.

919
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 3: Right, Let's say Arizona no.

920
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:28,400
Speaker 2: Is Arizona, right, Arizona?

921
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:31,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, he did just like over the weekend. Yeah.

922
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:35,399
Speaker 2: Nicole Harbman, yuck, all right, Marquez Valdez, Scantling Yuck right,

923
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:37,880
Speaker 2: Corey Davis.

924
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,320
Speaker 3: Maybe maybe, I mean, i'd have to know more about

925
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:43,000
Speaker 3: the person. What he's been doing the last year two Yeah,

926
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:45,840
Speaker 3: I mean he put on weight. I mean as he

927
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:47,560
Speaker 3: rehab his injuries, he stayed in shape.

928
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:52,640
Speaker 2: Who knows, Julio Jones. This isn't five years ago, Russell Gage.

929
00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 3: I'm sure these names aren't gonna be any better than

930
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:56,640
Speaker 3: the guys they've been signing.

931
00:39:56,760 --> 00:40:01,840
Speaker 2: Alex Erickson, Lynn Bowden, Randall, call Right Sterling.

932
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:05,120
Speaker 3: Shepherd, Shepherd have to pass a physical, which I bet

933
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:05,640
Speaker 3: he will't.

934
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 2: Robbie Chosen, Richie James, Jaquene Grant, and Martavis Bryant. A

935
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:11,920
Speaker 2: whole bunch of slot receivers.

936
00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:17,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, or never were or used to be. Okay, I

937
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:19,440
Speaker 3: mean even like Renfro sounds better on paper than he

938
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 3: probably is. Yeah, maybe he'd come in here and be

939
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 3: fine or good. But it's been a while since you

940
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 3: saw him perform at a high level. Is that all

941
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:29,719
Speaker 3: the free agents there? That's it?

942
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 2: This is, according to sharp sharp analysis, the top guys.

943
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:36,680
Speaker 3: Okay, I say the one position that there's quality stuff

944
00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:39,640
Speaker 3: at is safety. I don't know what they need safety,

945
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:44,120
Speaker 3: but I could create a world where a decent safety

946
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:46,839
Speaker 3: with slot capabilities would be useful. But if you were

947
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:50,000
Speaker 3: safety needy, that's one position you could shop at. But

948
00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:52,480
Speaker 3: there really isn't a ton out there right now. Just

949
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:53,399
Speaker 3: to mention the way the line.

950
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:55,320
Speaker 2: You get four safeties right now that are going to

951
00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:55,719
Speaker 2: make the team.

952
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:58,440
Speaker 3: They're gonna make the team, including Killer brew right. I

953
00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:00,600
Speaker 3: mean there are some d linemen I don't know that

954
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:02,760
Speaker 3: you want to be in, like the Nomakong Sioux world

955
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:05,480
Speaker 3: or that type of thing. Maybe if he had an injury.

956
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:07,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, I've heard people say, well they need to go

957
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:10,399
Speaker 2: sign Xavier and Howard or Stefan Gilmore. Why would they

958
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 2: do that?

959
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:15,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I understand it if it's a bargain price,

960
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:18,360
Speaker 3: but neither ones it's lot capable, right, I mean I

961
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:22,279
Speaker 3: never would object to having too many corners, but they're

962
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:25,439
Speaker 3: not going to be cheap cheap, you know, I don't

963
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:27,799
Speaker 3: see it. I don't think that's where your money goes.

964
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:30,080
Speaker 2: No, I don't. I don't see you spending money there either.

965
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:33,319
Speaker 2: You might as well just bring Patrick Peterson back.

966
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:36,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, at that point, he'd be cheaper too. Yeah, he

967
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:39,200
Speaker 3: knows that knows the system and the environment. I think

968
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:41,360
Speaker 3: I'd rather even have him in the slot than those guys.

969
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,160
Speaker 2: Yeah that you've seen him at least you see him

970
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:44,440
Speaker 2: do it.

971
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:48,040
Speaker 3: So June first is right on the corner though. Yeah,

972
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:50,640
Speaker 3: well a lot of guys get cut at June first.

973
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,960
Speaker 3: I mean they usually getign designate those before, right, you

974
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:55,800
Speaker 3: usually know them. It's not like it's a flurry of

975
00:41:55,840 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 3: activity June first. So there will be dudes getting released.

976
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,840
Speaker 3: And we opened the show. So and you know, Steelers

977
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:06,160
Speaker 3: have signed a lot of their rookie class. Teams are

978
00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:08,160
Speaker 3: going to do that, and these cash strap teams will

979
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:11,120
Speaker 3: release some dudes. But don't expect the title wave of

980
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:12,560
Speaker 3: free agencies to hit the market.

981
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:17,880
Speaker 2: No, No, you know, if you're going to acquire, particularly

982
00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:19,600
Speaker 2: a wide receiver, it's probably gonna have to be through

983
00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:20,560
Speaker 2: a trade, probably through.

984
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:24,040
Speaker 3: A trade, right, which probably entails either trading somebody on

985
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,120
Speaker 3: your team. Then there's a handful of guys I think

986
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:28,560
Speaker 3: could be trade bait. But you're not going to get

987
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:31,640
Speaker 3: Ayuk for him, you know, or future picks people need.

988
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:33,640
Speaker 2: The Hyuk stuff needs to stop.

989
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:34,879
Speaker 3: Oh, I think he's getting signed.

990
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:36,880
Speaker 2: That's yeah, not gonna happen.

991
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:40,359
Speaker 3: No, I mean I think Sutton's a possibility. I think

992
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 3: that's still probably high in the sky at this point.

993
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 3: But a UK I think best of luck.

994
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:48,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, anyways, let's get to another break. He is Matt Williamson.

995
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:50,719
Speaker 2: I'm Dale Lallie. You're listening to the Drive here on

996
00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:53,120
Speaker 2: Steelers Nation Radio. That's going to do it for our

997
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:55,640
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998
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